Is there anything difficult in making abacus beads? Will anyone buy them? Unless wood is not used and other materials such as stone or ink jade are used. Great Immortal Doctor
Her sister also said she wanted to make something different? Do the abacus beads have other shapes? Can the round beads be made into square ones?
Qiao Mingjin glanced at her confused brothers and sisters, and said with a smile: "It's getting late, don't waste lamp oil. Xiaochun, you go to the woods tomorrow to find some suitable wood and prepare it when you come back. I'll follow you tomorrow."
Please elaborate."
After hearing this, Mingjue said: "Sister, let me help you deliver firewood tomorrow, so that you don't have to get up early in the morning and rush on the road, which is too hard."
After hearing this, Qiao Mingjin thought for a while and said, "That's fine. No one is selling eggs today, and there are no wild animals for sale, and the firewood at home is gone. I will take Mingqi to pick up firewood early tomorrow. You
Take Mingheng to deliver firewood, and then take the cattails to Piaoxiang Building. We didn’t cut cattails today, and we have to get up early tomorrow to cut cattails, so go to bed early.”
He thought of something again and said, "Oh, by the way, go to a few bookstores. There are people copying books there. There are also some bookstores that take over the work of copying scriptures from wealthy families. Mingheng knows where they are.
, you can help Dad pick up the work tomorrow by the way, and then go to Yunjia Village."
Mingjue nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Qiao Mingjin took her daughter, who had been dozing off, to wash up and go to bed...
The family got up before dawn the next day, leaving Mingqi and Xiao Wan'er at home while the others went into the mountains with baskets and tools.
Then He Xiaochun was not idle and wanted to follow him. Qiao Mingjin thought that he would live at home for a while and had nothing to hide from him, so she took him with her. It would be nice to have his help.
First, he led a few people to the stream in the forest to pull cattails. After Mingjue and He Xiaochun got started, Qiao Mingjin took Mingheng to catch pheasants and mountain rabbits.
Time was tight today, but they were able to catch a nest of four pheasants, and two mountain rabbits. Plus three large bundles of cattails, there were no eggs or other items for sale, but today's harvest was not either.
Not bad.
After Mingheng and Mingjue went down the mountain, Qiao Mingjin chopped firewood alone on the mountain, while He Xiaochun wandered around the mountain looking for suitable wood.
I didn't collect firewood at home yesterday, and all the remaining firewood in the woodshed at home was emptied last night. Today I not only have to pick out tomorrow's firewood, but also prepare more for next time.
The mountains are exceptionally quiet in the morning, and the chirping of birds in the forest is particularly clear and sweet.
The only sounds in Qiao Mingjin's ears were the chirping of birds and the flapping sound of her knife chopping firewood from time to time.
There was still dew on the firewood branches in the morning, and it was difficult to cut even when the firewood was wet. The branches wet Qiao Mingjin's outer clothes. The grass leaves were covered with dew, and Qiao Mingjin's cotton shoes quickly became wet.
It's a little uncomfortable to wear and a little cold.
After chopping for a while, Qiao Mingjin straightened up and looked around in the forest. There were trees all around. She was alone among the trees, feeling a sense of loneliness being swallowed up.
Qiao Mingjin thought of her past life...
The metropolis is bustling with people, and no one knows anyone. But although the work pressure is great, I have never felt so tired.
The hand holding the hatchet couldn't let go of the hatchet for a long time. When the hatchet fell, the hand was still holding the knife, and the five fingers couldn't spread out for a long time... Both arms were also shaken numb, as if they were not themselves.
of.
After only a short time, Qiao Mingjin could feel that her arms were very hard and tight, with muscles, and they were no longer as weak and boneless as before.
Qiao Mingjin sighed slightly.
The past cannot be traced back, and there is nothing left to cherish there...
Although Qiao Mingjin still felt severe pain in her heart from time to time, and she would still touch her arms and cry silently in the dark night, but if she gets busier, she will definitely forget everything.
Qiao Mingjin picked up the hatchet and swung it at the thick firewood branches again, and the sound of chopping wood sounded again...
At the right time, Ming Qi came with Xiao Wan'er carrying a pair of baskets.
The three-year-old daughter held her aunt's hand and walked steadily, like a little adult, carrying a small bamboo rake specially made for her by Qiao Mingjin on her shoulders.
Qiao Mingjin looked at her daughter from a distance, the corners of her mouth raised high.
Hearing his daughter's childish voice calling "Mother" gradually approaching, he went to greet her.
"Mom, Wan'er has brought food to mom! There is also water, mom, come and drink!"
When Xiao Wan'er saw Qiao Mingjin from a distance, she broke free from her aunt's hand and rushed towards Qiao Mingjin.
The bamboo rake on the shoulder touched the branches on both sides and stirred her up a few times from time to time. The little person ran around stumbling, and Qiao Mingjin looked at it with joy and sadness.
"Run slower."
"mother!"
"Well. Have you had breakfast with my aunt?" Qiao Mingjin leaned down to catch her daughter and brushed her slightly messy hair.
"Wan'er has eaten! We had porridge with my aunt. My aunt baked pancakes for my mother, but they were not as delicious as my mother's. I also filled a bamboo tube with rice soup for my mother. What I brought today is rice soup."
"Okay. The rice soup can still quench your thirst." Qiao Mingjin held her daughter and sat on a dead branch in an open space, letting her sit on her lap.
Mingqi also came over at this time, put down the basket, took out the food and bamboo tubes and handed them to Qiao Mingjin.
"Damn girl, the pancakes made by my aunt are not delicious. Don't eat them at noon!"
Xiao Wan'er avoided her aunt's tickling, ran from Qiao Mingjin's arms and lay on Qiao Mingjin's back, giggling, twisting her body and saying: "I don't eat what my aunt makes, I eat what I cook
Damn it!”
Qiao Mingjin drank a few mouthfuls of rice soup and ate a piece of pancake from a bamboo tube, then sat down to rest and watch her aunt and nephew play.
"Have you brought the wine koji?" Qiao Mingjin asked Mingqi.
"Bring it here." Mingqi took out a bamboo tube from the basket and handed it to Qiao Mingjin.
Qiao Mingjin opened it and smelled it. It had been sitting there for a day, but it still had a strong smell of alcohol.
"Mom, mom, are you going to use this to catch pheasants?" Xiao Wan'er grabbed Qiao Mingjin's arm with an excited look on her face.
Qiao Mingjin scratched her daughter's little nose and said, "Yes. Didn't Mom say that in the future, when Mom goes to the city to deliver firewood, you and your aunt can also catch pheasants? Mom will teach you today."
After saying that, he took the fish and bamboo tube and stood up and walked into the forest. The two little things followed him with excitement on their faces.
Qiao Mingjin quickly found a place in an open grass area, sprinkled some distiller's yeast, and planted it about three feet above the ground. He looked around before leaving with the two little things.
"Mother, mother, is this all right? Will the pheasant fall in by itself?"
Qiao Mingjin touched her daughter's soft hair and said with a smile: "Yes, this is the time when pheasants are foraging. As long as they see them, they will run over to eat. When they finish eating the wine, they will fly up.
When the time comes, they will hit the ones above and fall down to catch them."
